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she arranged to have the children brought from el salvador. they traveled all the way across mexico probably a couple of weeks in a group and they crossed over the border into arizona about two or two and a half hours from tucson and the goal is to then walked through southern arizona until you can get past the border patrol checkpoints. it can be a lot of three to five days. so this is in january and some people outside of arizona don't know it gets very cold here in the winter so this group of people walked through these mountains and judging by the name of that place you can imagine the wilderness what it's like up and down roller coaster mountain snow water, lots of cactus, lots of rocks, lots of ways to trip and she got sick when she was crossing on the trail. probably from drinking the water which if you ever walk around down there its green and putrid. it makes people sick and i had her autopsy from leader. her stomach was empty so she was vomiting on the trail. she could not continue with the group so her mom had paid or was going to p
she arranged to have the children brought from el salvador. they traveled all the way across mexico probably a couple of weeks in a group and they crossed over the border into arizona about two or two and a half hours from tucson and the goal is to then walked through southern arizona until you can get past the border patrol checkpoints. it can be a lot of three to five days. so this is in january and some people outside of arizona don't know it gets very cold here in the winter so this group...
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sheer range and have her children brought up from el salvador. they traveled all the way across mexico probably a couple of weeks in a group and they crossed over the border into arizona, two and a half hours from tucson. the goal is to then walk through southern arizona and tell you can get past the border patrol check points. it can be a walk of three to five days. this was in january and some people outside of arizona don't know that it gets very cold here in the winter so this group of people walked through these mountains and judging by the name of the place you can imagine what it is like. up-and-down rollercoaster browns, no water, lots of cat does, lots of rocks and lots in lots of ways to trip. josseline got sick when she was crossing on the trail probably from drinking the water. it is green, it is putrid and makes people sick. i have her autopsy report from later. her stomach was empty so she was vomiting on the trail. she could not continue with the group. the quail to a who delivered this child made a decision to leave this young gir
sheer range and have her children brought up from el salvador. they traveled all the way across mexico probably a couple of weeks in a group and they crossed over the border into arizona, two and a half hours from tucson. the goal is to then walk through southern arizona and tell you can get past the border patrol check points. it can be a walk of three to five days. this was in january and some people outside of arizona don't know that it gets very cold here in the winter so this group of...
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i was flying in el salvador. as a matter of fact, that is when we did one program, television program of 60 minutes, and mike wallace was in one of the helicopters, and we even took fire that time. we had one pilot, not pilot, one soldier killed in one of our helicopters and the other one badly wounded. c-span: are you on call to do more work like this, if they want it? >> guest: i always -- i think i will continue after this tour to fly in el salvador, as long as there is communist guerrillas in that area. c-span: taking any chances of writing this book in the middle of the possibility that you might do more work for the cia? >> guest: no, i finished working for the cia in 1976 and i believe from the exposition -- i don't think -- but if there is an opportunity that i can help, i would certainly be available, but i doubt it very much that they will call upon me. c-span: who will you work for then, if you go back down to el salvador? >> guest: no, i am not working for anybody, a volunteer must serve as an individ
i was flying in el salvador. as a matter of fact, that is when we did one program, television program of 60 minutes, and mike wallace was in one of the helicopters, and we even took fire that time. we had one pilot, not pilot, one soldier killed in one of our helicopters and the other one badly wounded. c-span: are you on call to do more work like this, if they want it? >> guest: i always -- i think i will continue after this tour to fly in el salvador, as long as there is communist...
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in el salvador and nicaragua and peru. he later goes to bosnia where this isn't really quite well-known, he was heading up a clandestine counterterrorist unit in bosnia. soon after that, he goes to ira. starting in 2003. he is part of the force. he is the commander of the 101st airborne division. he goes up the desert to baghdad and then he is assigned to to go up to mosul in northern iraq and occupy mosul. now again this is one of these things that is hard to believe but the united states had no plans for what to do after saddam hussein fell. they deliberately had plans. it was an oversight. it was deliberate because the plan was overthrow saddam and get out. just like we overthrew the taliban in afghanistan and then got out of there and of course afghanistan fell apart. i and iraq is falling apart very quickly. we are facing an insurgency we don't know what to do with like all the officers who are there have not been trained to fight this sort of war. it was not in the manuals and they didn't know what to do so they do w
in el salvador and nicaragua and peru. he later goes to bosnia where this isn't really quite well-known, he was heading up a clandestine counterterrorist unit in bosnia. soon after that, he goes to ira. starting in 2003. he is part of the force. he is the commander of the 101st airborne division. he goes up the desert to baghdad and then he is assigned to to go up to mosul in northern iraq and occupy mosul. now again this is one of these things that is hard to believe but the united states had...
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what's the largest safl dohrn city in the world, el salvador? los angeles, right? there are so many people from guatemala living in los angeles, that there is a neighborhood that's called little -- [inaudible] [speaking spanish] and if you remember the history of the civil war and in guatemala, that was the scene of the worst massacre by the salvadoran army -- b by the guatemalan army, i'm sorry, during the civil war. so those people lift guatemala, they migrated through mexico into the united states, and the number was so large that they have the community that they've named after their hometown. today the remittances that people are sending home is the largest source of national income in el salvador. in mexico, where is that? every year, i think in 2008 it got to be $30 billion and then it went down a little bit because there was a recession, and now it's going up again. so it's an enormous amount of money. people are coming today from the most remote parts of hex coe where people -- mexico where people are still speaking languages that were old when kilometer b
what's the largest safl dohrn city in the world, el salvador? los angeles, right? there are so many people from guatemala living in los angeles, that there is a neighborhood that's called little -- [inaudible] [speaking spanish] and if you remember the history of the civil war and in guatemala, that was the scene of the worst massacre by the salvadoran army -- b by the guatemalan army, i'm sorry, during the civil war. so those people lift guatemala, they migrated through mexico into the united...
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but being a minor and places like honduras and el salvador and guatemala is a very different kind of thing than it is here in the united states. and we do know that there are enough gang members from some of the most violent gangs in the world using these processing facilities not only to enter the united states but to get to their family members who have been living here illegally which is all official border patrol documentation that also using these subs, 40 percent of the miners ariane man. it is a perfect breeding ground. we are talking about violent people they very much engage in murder. and in terms of border patrol not been able to separate them out, that is a policy. washington d.c. policy that does not allowed that determination between miners and juvenile is engaged in border activity. so their job, if you are an aging you fall in line. process these people through and then turn them over to ice. then ice does something with them, whether they deliver them to their parent who has been living in the united states illegally are not, that happens. there are not a lot of answ
but being a minor and places like honduras and el salvador and guatemala is a very different kind of thing than it is here in the united states. and we do know that there are enough gang members from some of the most violent gangs in the world using these processing facilities not only to enter the united states but to get to their family members who have been living here illegally which is all official border patrol documentation that also using these subs, 40 percent of the miners ariane man....
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oscar martinez on the origins of violence in guatemala, honduras and el salvador. on "after words" at nine eastern , they provide the history of isis. at ten, at the history of the genetic code. we wrap up book tv in prime time at 11 with ali con on the deadliest diseases and the measures that should be in place for the next pandemic. that all starts next on c-span2 book tv.
oscar martinez on the origins of violence in guatemala, honduras and el salvador. on "after words" at nine eastern , they provide the history of isis. at ten, at the history of the genetic code. we wrap up book tv in prime time at 11 with ali con on the deadliest diseases and the measures that should be in place for the next pandemic. that all starts next on c-span2 book tv.
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is not only fuel the opposition in el salvador but created opposition in the u.s. congress. this time factor has also been ignored when people tried to introduce a new elite class and support the old elite in running a country. we removed the leadership of the iraqi military and brought in exiles and other people who don't have a lot of experience running the country and this is chronicled in a fiasco as we saw how disastrous that was. in reconstruction after the civil war which i found to be fascinating, we introduced in our curriculum, the parallels to a lot of experiences are pretty striking. the radical republicans in congress decided they had enough of the southern white a leak so they banned them from voting and brought in carpetbaggers and freemen to run the government without really thinking about whether they had the qualifications to run a government. we saw a lot of things in afghanistan and iraq. ineptitude, voter fraud, use of mood altering substances. this also allowed crime to flourish and the former confederate officers were particularly upset by this so they
is not only fuel the opposition in el salvador but created opposition in the u.s. congress. this time factor has also been ignored when people tried to introduce a new elite class and support the old elite in running a country. we removed the leadership of the iraqi military and brought in exiles and other people who don't have a lot of experience running the country and this is chronicled in a fiasco as we saw how disastrous that was. in reconstruction after the civil war which i found to be...
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now, several years later he goes down to el salvador. is a special assistant to the commander of southern command and he sees this kind of work going on in el salvador, nicaragua, colombia and peru. he later goes to bosnia where this isn't really quite well-known, he was heading up a clandestine counterterrorist unit in bosnia. then after that he goes to iraq. the iraq war. the iraq war will about the sword in 2003. he's part of the invasion force. 'tis commander of the 101st airborne division. goes up to baghdad and then he's assigned to go up in northern iraq and occupy there. again, this is one of these things that it's hard to believe but united states had no plan for what to do after saddam hussein fell. in fact they deliver had no plan but it wasn't an oversight. it was delivered. because the plane was overthrown saddam, get out of there. just like we overthrew the taliban in afghanistan and then got out of there. of course, afghanistan fell apart and we had go back. anorak it's falling apart very, very quickly. we are facing an in
now, several years later he goes down to el salvador. is a special assistant to the commander of southern command and he sees this kind of work going on in el salvador, nicaragua, colombia and peru. he later goes to bosnia where this isn't really quite well-known, he was heading up a clandestine counterterrorist unit in bosnia. then after that he goes to iraq. the iraq war. the iraq war will about the sword in 2003. he's part of the invasion force. 'tis commander of the 101st airborne division....
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in charge of el salvador today. not the death squads of the right wing reaganites. so yes, of course it's possible and there is progress is being have come out at the casino economy and social classes that come out of the casino company and it's a complicated terrain that is not the purview of this book. i had additions to read more about the pueblo situation. they were our neighbors. we were living within a couple miles, but ultimately, right now the pueblos don't want to be represented by outsiders and they put up a wall. and if i was on the land and have been dealing with 500 years of that representations are misrepresentations of my people, i would probably do the same thing. but thank you. >> somebody else? >> i just wonder if you have any kind of regional reaction to the book. i grew up here, but i've lived in the east for 30 years and it is only when i moved to the east i realize how far the west was the way. this is a different bias. there's been some shows in washington and his paintings are talking about a major controversial show attacks and things on it.
in charge of el salvador today. not the death squads of the right wing reaganites. so yes, of course it's possible and there is progress is being have come out at the casino economy and social classes that come out of the casino company and it's a complicated terrain that is not the purview of this book. i had additions to read more about the pueblo situation. they were our neighbors. we were living within a couple miles, but ultimately, right now the pueblos don't want to be represented by...
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the fmln is in charge of el salvador today. not the desk on recognize. so yes, of course it's possible and there's progressive things that have come out of the casino economy and social classes that come out of the casino company and its terrain that is not the purview of this book. i had ambitions to write more about the pueblo situation. they were our neighbors. we were living within a couple miles, but ultimately right now the pueblo still want to be represented by outsiders and they put up a wall. and if i was on the brink of vanden had been dealing with 500 years about representations are misrepresentations, i do the same thing. they thank you. >> i just wonder if you have any kind of regional reaction to the book? i grew up here, but i've lived in the east for 30 years. it is only when i move to the stimuli so far the west was away. this is a different west. so there's been some shows in washington over the west in those paintings you're talking about come in a very controversial show about the tags in a sonnet. the native american bcm husband east
the fmln is in charge of el salvador today. not the desk on recognize. so yes, of course it's possible and there's progressive things that have come out of the casino economy and social classes that come out of the casino company and its terrain that is not the purview of this book. i had ambitions to write more about the pueblo situation. they were our neighbors. we were living within a couple miles, but ultimately right now the pueblo still want to be represented by outsiders and they put up...
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salvador and other places than the united states. but we know that a lot of gang members in the world, using these not only to get to their family members and they are using these hubs where 47% of the minors are young men and they are using them to recruit more people for their games because of the perfect breeding ground and their parents aren't around and they can offer a sense of community and livelihood. we are talking about very violent people showing that they engage in murder and torture before entering the united states. in terms of the border control not being able to set them out, between minors and juveniles, you lose your job as you process these people through and then they turn them over to i.c.e. and then i.c.e. do something with them. whether they deliver them to their parent or not, that happens. all i know is that they are being scheduled to be placed somewhere in the united states. and they are being asked to show up and then they don't show up. it's an issue for our law enforcement to deal with and it breeds more
salvador and other places than the united states. but we know that a lot of gang members in the world, using these not only to get to their family members and they are using these hubs where 47% of the minors are young men and they are using them to recruit more people for their games because of the perfect breeding ground and their parents aren't around and they can offer a sense of community and livelihood. we are talking about very violent people showing that they engage in murder and...
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salvador that american diplomats will see him in jail to make sure he is treated fairly and to ensure that protections that any american citizen will have are afforded to him and they view as the least important responsibility talented people don't go into consular affairs so it's a chess that after september a levin, so much funding and attention which to security and counselor affairs but american diplomats in the first line of defense they give the be set to foreigners who might come to the united states. the people who'd do that are the youngest foreign service officers, required first tour the workload is enormous and they don't get a lot of attention but yet they do it to fantastically. why don't they celebrate those young diplomats? my mom would be thrilled and that would make her like the for the service but see the undersecretary sweep out of the negotiations doesn't do much for my mom. >> host: kori schake for those who try to visit our embassy it is nearly impossible. is a fortress. >> guest: congress out of concern about protecting american diplomats and in particular afte
salvador that american diplomats will see him in jail to make sure he is treated fairly and to ensure that protections that any american citizen will have are afforded to him and they view as the least important responsibility talented people don't go into consular affairs so it's a chess that after september a levin, so much funding and attention which to security and counselor affairs but american diplomats in the first line of defense they give the be set to foreigners who might come to the...
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that's a greater share than any country expect el salvador. which is a small country. 300 million across the border back and forth every year. why do we want to dwell on the past when we are so open and so beneficial to the country to be so open. but we're obsessed with it. you know, we have a very change situation in mexico. it's one the anecdotes i write about here. we have laws that foreclosured a series of jobs to naturalize mexicans. a naturalized cannot be a member of the cabinet, governor, mayor, police chief, member of the board of the central bank, can't with a congressman or senator. on the one hand we demand rights for mexicans in the u.s. whether comes legally or not. but we deny minimum righted to naturalized mexicans, american, spanish, brazilian, chinese, whatever. it's an absurd situation which can't go on. >> jorge castaneda served as prime minister of mexico from 2000 to 2002. working with president vicente fox. how much of the time as foreign minister when dealing with the u.s. -- first of all, how much of the time was spend
that's a greater share than any country expect el salvador. which is a small country. 300 million across the border back and forth every year. why do we want to dwell on the past when we are so open and so beneficial to the country to be so open. but we're obsessed with it. you know, we have a very change situation in mexico. it's one the anecdotes i write about here. we have laws that foreclosured a series of jobs to naturalize mexicans. a naturalized cannot be a member of the cabinet,...
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peter shea and she lay and the dirty war and death squads in el salvador. my second year in divinity school to follow the friendship with a great journalist, robert cox who had been editor of the herald. bob was an amazing man. at the height of the dirty war he would publish the names of the people who disappeared the night before on the front page until he himself disappeared and he was only saved because he was a british citizen. he was at harvard. that was a huge window into what journalism had a moral center could be. bob's great intellectual mentor was george orwell and so i left divinity school. i would go back and finish but left to go to lead america to study spanish in bolivia. when i left i took on bob's advice the collected letters, essays and journalism -- i carried or well with me through that year and read and relied and underline and for anyone who cares about writing and cares about journalism it is a second bottle. >> host: in "losing moses on the freeway: the 10 commandments in america" you threw a bottle. you serve and driving off. i east
peter shea and she lay and the dirty war and death squads in el salvador. my second year in divinity school to follow the friendship with a great journalist, robert cox who had been editor of the herald. bob was an amazing man. at the height of the dirty war he would publish the names of the people who disappeared the night before on the front page until he himself disappeared and he was only saved because he was a british citizen. he was at harvard. that was a huge window into what journalism...
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a logo in the back of a u-haul, when i was stuffed in the trunk of a car with a kid from el salvador, hard not to have the motions to understand what they're going through. hands after those individuals preying on individuals coming to our country that were seeking a better way of life. the criminal organizations that took advantage to make money over this individual. there was a focus. i knew what i had to do. i saw from a different perspective that anybody might be smuggled with a group. i saw it from the perspective no federal agent had ever seen. i infiltrate organizations and did cases that had never been done before and never been done since. >> why did you take on such a risky assignment when it has not been done before and many people around you, whether people -- >> guest: it was a challenge to go after the organization. and seeking a better way of life even though we did so. my thought was i wanted to go for the individuals that were behind the scenes that were responsible for the criminal activity but we were very successful. when i talk about my book, i had a great number
a logo in the back of a u-haul, when i was stuffed in the trunk of a car with a kid from el salvador, hard not to have the motions to understand what they're going through. hands after those individuals preying on individuals coming to our country that were seeking a better way of life. the criminal organizations that took advantage to make money over this individual. there was a focus. i knew what i had to do. i saw from a different perspective that anybody might be smuggled with a group. i...
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and i've even interviewed, i covered the war in el salvador for five years. i would many times interview ill literate people who would give me their name. but the kind of things that they were telling me i understood would put their life in jeopardy, either by the military or by the fmln, which was not a rebel movement which would occasionally carry out executions of people that they consider to be pro-government in territory they control. so i wouldn't put their names. the tragedy is that you have reporters, judy miller would be a perfect example, who abused that i think important aspect of newsgathering. and she, of course, anonymously quoted libby who publish falsehoods in "the new york times" and then stage a little soap opera where she went to jail to in essence then somebody who had leaked the name of valerie, and any kind of retribution against her husband who had been a whistleblower. so it really boils down to the ethical composition of the reporter. and i think that is why, you know, ethics are so important within journalism. but there has to be a p
and i've even interviewed, i covered the war in el salvador for five years. i would many times interview ill literate people who would give me their name. but the kind of things that they were telling me i understood would put their life in jeopardy, either by the military or by the fmln, which was not a rebel movement which would occasionally carry out executions of people that they consider to be pro-government in territory they control. so i wouldn't put their names. the tragedy is that you...
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that is a greater share in the world except for el salvador and ecuador which are very small countries. as i said, a million americans live in mexico. 300 million cross the border back-and-forth every year. why do we want to dwell on the past when we are so open and it's beneficial to the country to leave it open? but we are obsessed with it. we have a very strange situation in mexico. it's one of the anecdotes i write about. we have laws that are a series of government jobs and elected positions to naturalized mexican, naturalized mexican cannot be an ambassador, consul, member of the cabinet, governor, mayor, police chiefs, a member of the board of the central bank, she can't be a congressman or a senator so we are in the subsurface situation, we mexicans, where on the one hand we demand rightfully rights for mexicans in the u.s. whether they came to believe we demand full rights for them. but the mexican american spanish drizzly in chinese, whatever. it's a situation which can't go on. >> jorge castaneda served as foreign minister of mexico from 2000 to 2002 working with the preside
that is a greater share in the world except for el salvador and ecuador which are very small countries. as i said, a million americans live in mexico. 300 million cross the border back-and-forth every year. why do we want to dwell on the past when we are so open and it's beneficial to the country to leave it open? but we are obsessed with it. we have a very strange situation in mexico. it's one of the anecdotes i write about. we have laws that are a series of government jobs and elected...
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that's a greater share than any country in the world, except el salvador and ecuador, which are very small countries. as i said, a million americans lived in mexico. 300 million crossed the border back and forth every year. why do we want to dwell on the past when we are so open and it's so beneficial to the country to be so open. but we are obsessed with it. we have a very strange situation in mexico. it's one of the anecdotes i write about here. we have laws that foreclose a series of the government jobs and elected positions for naturalized mexicans. and naturalized mexican cannot be an ambassador, a console, a member of the cabinet, a governor, a mayor, a police chief, member of the board of the central bank. he can have none of those, can be a congressman, can't be a senator. so we are in this absurd situation, we mexicans, where on the one hand we demand rightly, rights for mexicans in the u.s., whether they came to the u.s. legal or illegally, we demand full rights for them. that we deny minimum rights for naturalized mexicans, american, spanish, chinese, whatever. it's an abs
that's a greater share than any country in the world, except el salvador and ecuador, which are very small countries. as i said, a million americans lived in mexico. 300 million crossed the border back and forth every year. why do we want to dwell on the past when we are so open and it's so beneficial to the country to be so open. but we are obsessed with it. we have a very strange situation in mexico. it's one of the anecdotes i write about here. we have laws that foreclose a series of the...
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salvador and this year he came out with a wonderful new book, "the way to the spring: life and death in palestine". the "new york times" called it a love letter to palestine. he spent a lot of time on the ground their reporting and traveling around the west bank. ..
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but americans actually value the state department, if your brother gets arrested and el salvador an american diplomat will go see him in jail, make sure that he's being treated fairly, ensure that the protections that any american citizen should have anywhere in the world are afforded him. and the state department use that as a -- as its lease support responsibility. the culture does not reward it. its most talented people don't go into those affairs, but a study done recently suggested that -- the state department complains that after september september 11th so much funding and attention went to security. yet american diplomats are the first line of defense for our protection of our country, the people who give visas to foreigners who might come to the united states. and the people who do that are our youngest foreign service officers. it's required first tour to be posted summer. the workload is enormous and the dow get lots of attention. yet they do it fantastically. why doesn't the state department celebrate those and diplomats? because my mom would be thrilled. that would make her like
but americans actually value the state department, if your brother gets arrested and el salvador an american diplomat will go see him in jail, make sure that he's being treated fairly, ensure that the protections that any american citizen should have anywhere in the world are afforded him. and the state department use that as a -- as its lease support responsibility. the culture does not reward it. its most talented people don't go into those affairs, but a study done recently suggested that --...
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salvador, i believe, where the war went on forever and will never end really, the children have been left so impoverished that they can no longer eat without having pain in their teeth. because what has the war left them with? the war has left them with tooth ache forever. this is what war does. it isn't just when you stop shooting people, bombing their houses and, you know, destroying everything that you somehow they're going to be okay. they're not. so i wanted to start there. and also to go on to these two new books. now, i have been trying for, i guess, the last 20-something years to stop writing books. [laughter] and i keep, you know, i totally get it that i work for the ancestors. and i sometimes will feel very free. you know, i finished something. i remember finishing "the color purple" 30 years ago and just weeping in joy, you know? okay, i'm done. [laughter] and i have had that scenario with myself many times. [laughter] thinking i'm dope. but anyhow -- i'm done. but anyhow, so this book, i'm going to read first from "the cushion in the road," and i wanted to read a little b
salvador, i believe, where the war went on forever and will never end really, the children have been left so impoverished that they can no longer eat without having pain in their teeth. because what has the war left them with? the war has left them with tooth ache forever. this is what war does. it isn't just when you stop shooting people, bombing their houses and, you know, destroying everything that you somehow they're going to be okay. they're not. so i wanted to start there. and also to go...
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maybe i heard this somewhere and this is just something for us to meditate about, that the children in el salvador where the war went on forever and will never and really, the children have been left so impoverished that they can no longer eat without having pain in their teeth because what has the war left them with? the war has left them with a toothache forever. this is what war does. it isn't just when you start -- stop shooting people and bombing their houses and destroying everything that somehow they are going to be okay. they are not. so i wanted to start their and also to go on to these two new books. now i have been trying for i guess the last 20 something years to stop writing books. [laughter] and you know, i totally get it that i work for the ancestors and i sometimes will feel very free when i finish something. i remember finishing the color purple 30 years ago and just weeping in enjoy. okay, i am done. i have had that scenario with myself many times thinking i am done. but anyhow, so this book and i'm going to read first from "the cushion in the road" and i wanted to read
maybe i heard this somewhere and this is just something for us to meditate about, that the children in el salvador where the war went on forever and will never and really, the children have been left so impoverished that they can no longer eat without having pain in their teeth because what has the war left them with? the war has left them with a toothache forever. this is what war does. it isn't just when you start -- stop shooting people and bombing their houses and destroying everything that...
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that is true the tension exist because that does not apply to guatemala, el salvador or mexico. >> from the ku been voting latino like mark rubio? >> possibly. looking at a person who is an attractive candidate and can speak spanish then it could get down to something you want it to which this policy position. it is very curious. the assumption the number the assumption the number one issue is a migration. policy position. it is very curious. the assumption the number one issue is a migration. but consistently in the polls, economy, jobs, health care has been listed higher with latinos they and immigration. the question is if it is a litmus test to begin with. . . immediately ingratiating themselves with people through shared charisma. you can call it an x factor for mojo, but what ever this, he certainly has it. he's also a person who might think in washington is becoming a little more cautious. he came up through pretty rough and tumble politics in florida. south florida can be tough. he was somebody there was a very public person for years before becoming a national figure, and i thi
that is true the tension exist because that does not apply to guatemala, el salvador or mexico. >> from the ku been voting latino like mark rubio? >> possibly. looking at a person who is an attractive candidate and can speak spanish then it could get down to something you want it to which this policy position. it is very curious. the assumption the number the assumption the number one issue is a migration. policy position. it is very curious. the assumption the number one issue is a...
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salvador to be handed a machine gun and pass to defend himself. rupiah's blown away realizes this type of for fear is important to pay attention to. general jack keene keene was commissioned focusing on low intensity conflict but it to it was unconventional at the time because we were looking at large scale warfare's of that was not wellcome for the about highly upon. somebody with a huge personality to use that. he would take abizaid to check on how things were going been able to gather in sites if richer areas spoke candidly. was called the visceral report. and everybody knows the story of him getting shot. but that is what solidified their friendship and relationship then they were together for several assignments after that. the social network was of big variable but to look and his education obviously i could relate to the west point experience with a different curriculum to get access to records and look at what complex they wear setting lowered and elective but he never took it. but then read trace the most education and experience at princ
salvador to be handed a machine gun and pass to defend himself. rupiah's blown away realizes this type of for fear is important to pay attention to. general jack keene keene was commissioned focusing on low intensity conflict but it to it was unconventional at the time because we were looking at large scale warfare's of that was not wellcome for the about highly upon. somebody with a huge personality to use that. he would take abizaid to check on how things were going been able to gather in...
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a guy from cuba, el salvador, peru, blackmailers from all over the country, states i had never been to. it is a sad testament to the conditions in cities that they are able to get such a diverse pool of people to spend the bulk of their good years behind bars and not always for violent crimes or warrant incarceration. i would start talking to him and it was choppy and slow and i got to the point of conversations and it was good because i got to learn things about culture and got to realize the work that goes into learning something that we neglect and if you are an immigrant you are not even of the college educated class. you got something up on most americans anyway. having the languages when most americans we don't go to high school to learn another language. they just give us those clashes. expectation is never that we walk away being able to speak even rudimentary french or german or italian or spanish or whatever the class is. i left prison thinking that was at and if my kid takes a foreign language in school he will finish high school and be able to speak that language or actuall
a guy from cuba, el salvador, peru, blackmailers from all over the country, states i had never been to. it is a sad testament to the conditions in cities that they are able to get such a diverse pool of people to spend the bulk of their good years behind bars and not always for violent crimes or warrant incarceration. i would start talking to him and it was choppy and slow and i got to the point of conversations and it was good because i got to learn things about culture and got to realize the...
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it doesn't apply to somebody from el salvador guatemala. >> will and a cuban vote for marco rubio? >> possibly. at the same time, if you look at a person who is an attractive candidate and you can speak in spanish like marco rubio, then it really will possibly get down to something that you would want to get it down here. which is policy position. where do you stand on the issues that are interesting to me. there is an assumption that the number one issue with hispanics would be immigration of latinos. it is but one issue that is associated with them the most. consistently in polls, the economy, jobs, health care, they have been listed higher by latinos than immigration. the question is whether latinos look at innovation as to whether they would like someone to begin with is a litmus test. and the nation can play into that. >> ion't have a sense of marco rubio, but you have spent some time with him before you became a writer on this. what is he like? >> tremendously energetic. charming. everyone who talks to him -- they say that he taps his foot a lot. he just has that kind of kine
it doesn't apply to somebody from el salvador guatemala. >> will and a cuban vote for marco rubio? >> possibly. at the same time, if you look at a person who is an attractive candidate and you can speak in spanish like marco rubio, then it really will possibly get down to something that you would want to get it down here. which is policy position. where do you stand on the issues that are interesting to me. there is an assumption that the number one issue with hispanics would be...
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because the same thing doesn't apply to somebody from mexico or el salvador or guatemala. >> then from voting for a cuban latino, like marco rubio? >> possibly. at the same time, if you look at a person who is an attractive candidate and a good speaker and can speak in spanish, like marco rubio, then it really will possibly get down to something that you would want it to get down to, which is policy positions are where do you stand on the issues that are interesting to me? .. that nation complaints. >> our government, marco rubio has a sense of you spend some time with him before you became -- my question -- >> tremendously energetic, charming, anyone who talks to him will remark that he taps his foot a lot. he has that kind of kinetic energy. he has a way like a lot of successful politicians of immediately ingratiating himself with people through shared charisma. you can call it a x factor or mojo or whatever it is. he certainly has it. he is also a person who in washington is becoming more cautious. he came up through rough-and-tumble politics in florida. south florida can be tough.
because the same thing doesn't apply to somebody from mexico or el salvador or guatemala. >> then from voting for a cuban latino, like marco rubio? >> possibly. at the same time, if you look at a person who is an attractive candidate and a good speaker and can speak in spanish, like marco rubio, then it really will possibly get down to something that you would want it to get down to, which is policy positions are where do you stand on the issues that are interesting to me? .. that...
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salvador, i believe where the war we want on forever and will never end really, the children have been left so impoverished they can no longer eat without having pain this their teeth because what has the war left them with? the war has left them with tooth ache forever. this is what war does. it's not just when you stop shooting people, bombing their houses, and, you know, destroying everything that you, somehow they will be okay. they're not. i wanted to start there and go on to these two new books. i've been trying for the last 20-something years to stop writing books, and i totally get it i work for the ancestors, and i sometimes feel free, and i remember finishing the color purple 30 years ago, and just weeping in joy, okay, i'm done, and i've had that scenario with myself many times thinking i'm done, but anyhow, this book that i'm going to read first from the cushion in the road, and i wanted to read a little bit about how that came about, how did i come to think of the life that i lead, which is very -- when i'm not, you know, on the road somewhere, it's so quiet. it's so medit
salvador, i believe where the war we want on forever and will never end really, the children have been left so impoverished they can no longer eat without having pain this their teeth because what has the war left them with? the war has left them with tooth ache forever. this is what war does. it's not just when you stop shooting people, bombing their houses, and, you know, destroying everything that you, somehow they will be okay. they're not. i wanted to start there and go on to these two new...
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salvador. to my knowledge they still do it every year. i learned some very interesting things from the international perspective. research is the biggest part of writing a book. people often ask me how long it took. the research is the biggest part. i spent three years researching the gang. the sources, people like law-enforcement. second, this is mostly over looked. the actual records of criminal cases. i examined in detail a number of criminal cases, and then i read books, magazine articles. no one has written down the knowledge, and i don't think they could write down all the knowledge that resides in the minds of gang investigators, prosecutors, other people like you all, wes mcbride, bruce riordan. so the best you can help to do is to mine out of there perspective. well, out of all these sources i arrived at the five themes that i've wanted to talk about today. when i was in the military they used to say tell them what you want to tell them and then tell them what you told them. change, ca
salvador. to my knowledge they still do it every year. i learned some very interesting things from the international perspective. research is the biggest part of writing a book. people often ask me how long it took. the research is the biggest part. i spent three years researching the gang. the sources, people like law-enforcement. second, this is mostly over looked. the actual records of criminal cases. i examined in detail a number of criminal cases, and then i read books, magazine articles....
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salvador who oppose the u.s. backed government. is known to be passing classified information to cuba, libya and warsaw. by 1987 noriega was dealing with outright terrorist organization organizations such as the radical actions of the palestinian liberation organization. despite this pattern of double dealing -- the great quote that secretary of state george shultz observed we can't buy noriega. we can only rent him. now, prior to the invasion, noriega had been consular track and members of the delta force aided by experts from the national security council and central intelligence agency. the surveillance and intelligence cell code-named code spike, excuse me monitored radio and telephone to medications and directed a network of informants to trace the dictator's movements. noriega's last known location this was on the night of of the semper 19th when the u.s. invaded with 23,000 troops, was in a house in colÓn at 6:00 p.m.. shortly thereafter he left in a convoy of cars in us a south towards panama city. part
salvador who oppose the u.s. backed government. is known to be passing classified information to cuba, libya and warsaw. by 1987 noriega was dealing with outright terrorist organization organizations such as the radical actions of the palestinian liberation organization. despite this pattern of double dealing -- the great quote that secretary of state george shultz observed we can't buy noriega. we can only rent him. now, prior to the invasion, noriega had been consular track and members of the...
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first of all, it was like some dude from el salvador. you said they were mexico. >> i didn't tell them that. i did think they were mexican. but i didn't say that to them. knew enough. i'm assuming they are mexican because they speak spanish. but i did think this was ignorant. but it was my assumption. the part that you mentioned is they're talking in hispanics and wondering what they're saying. you know, and you recall that and part of the story that few years of french classes and you mentioned the phrase? >> what? [speaking in french] which is be quiet. my teacher used to say that. >> all of my years taking french, that's one of the things that you remembered. but you made it a priority to learn a different language. a language that is not necessarily your own. but the interesting part of what that part of the story is that it's something that i see quite a bit is that you mentioned that often people think that maybe people who have different when from that area or place. they have to know the culture. they have to, you know, in other
first of all, it was like some dude from el salvador. you said they were mexico. >> i didn't tell them that. i did think they were mexican. but i didn't say that to them. knew enough. i'm assuming they are mexican because they speak spanish. but i did think this was ignorant. but it was my assumption. the part that you mentioned is they're talking in hispanics and wondering what they're saying. you know, and you recall that and part of the story that few years of french classes and you...
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the dirty war ineat argentina, the death squad of el salvador. my second year in divinitiesoped school editor of the herald, and has an amazing h man at theim height of the dirty war would publish the names of the people who had disappeared and 84 on the front page until he himself disappeared and resume saved because he was a british citizen. he was at harvard and that was a huge window into what journalism that had a moral center could be aboutk. the great intellectual so i left to the kennedy school. would finish but i went to a latin america to study spanish and to go to bolivias and i collected letters in essays i carried them with tha me and read and to anyone who cares to this day about rating and a journalism ar bible. >> host: in that book, moses, you write about your last night in roxbury throwing a bottle at the church. >> guest: yeah. >> host: where you had served and then driving off. >> right. >> host: are you still a christian? are you a >> host: you talk about leaving roxbury and during a bottle at the church. are you still a chri
the dirty war ineat argentina, the death squad of el salvador. my second year in divinitiesoped school editor of the herald, and has an amazing h man at theim height of the dirty war would publish the names of the people who had disappeared and 84 on the front page until he himself disappeared and resume saved because he was a british citizen. he was at harvard and that was a huge window into what journalism that had a moral center could be aboutk. the great intellectual so i left to the...
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you see this in central america where the murder rate in el salvador and honduras rivals the death toll of many years during the civil war but there is no cause, there is just this military hardware and leftover military training and society traumatized by war and all this killing goes on. that is one legacy free set in the crisis. and the legacy of the liberal economic restructuring. what is that? essentially a program of removing the state from economic activity. it is important to remember from the 1930s, an end of world war ii until the 70s the prevailing idea and development economics in the west about to develop capitalist economy held there should be a robust and important role for the state. there should be planning and public investment and the state was an important component in developing capitalism. the ideas that are implemented by the world bank and the imf shift radically into the 80s and the idea that after that point that states should be removed so as the debt crisis occurs which i should get into later. the lifeline loans are extended to many economy is in the global
you see this in central america where the murder rate in el salvador and honduras rivals the death toll of many years during the civil war but there is no cause, there is just this military hardware and leftover military training and society traumatized by war and all this killing goes on. that is one legacy free set in the crisis. and the legacy of the liberal economic restructuring. what is that? essentially a program of removing the state from economic activity. it is important to remember...
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through, you have a secret ballot in some way that some elections in the height of the civil war in el salvador where the ruling elite knew quite well who was going to votehat way and there were penalties that people have to pay for that. and so i think that's we are going to have to organize labour, and our allies are trying to have to have a massive campaign around employee free choice. that said, i think that there is another battle that is central, and we should start it right now, which is the notion that an employer should have no rights and no involvement to be involved in any way in a worker's right to choose. [applauding] collective bargaining. [applauding] and what happens is that this is blurred when people starto talk about freedom of speech. but the reality is that whenever employer because of the power and balance, any time an employer even hin at certain thin it has a repressive of fact. and we have to have a strong punitive damages against any employer involved. [applauding] [inaudible conversations] >> i wanted to say this. the employee free choice act. what bothers me
through, you have a secret ballot in some way that some elections in the height of the civil war in el salvador where the ruling elite knew quite well who was going to votehat way and there were penalties that people have to pay for that. and so i think that's we are going to have to organize labour, and our allies are trying to have to have a massive campaign around employee free choice. that said, i think that there is another battle that is central, and we should start it right now, which is...
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salvador who help christians who homes had been wiped out, to india to rescue girls in the slums of dub buy and uganda where she lived in a hut without electricity to teach the children to read and write. debra provided her with her favorite saying, justice, justice, you shall pursue. a he brew phrase which was repair of the world or healing of the world. it is often associated with social justice and was both a bond and a bone of contention between us. which i will come back to in a moment. before that i want to describe what it meant to sarah. the rabbi had written we are all connected. we are one. each of us is created in thedy vive image. at heart of judaism is abraham's vision of greatness. the idea that we are all deeply connected. i think that is at the heart of things for those of us who pursue social justice. her congressional had undertaken an obligation to cook meal for the homeless every month at the hamilton family center in san francisco. sarah volunteered to organize. she climbed on the bus to go across town to prepare a meal for 60 homeless. she went on the internet
salvador who help christians who homes had been wiped out, to india to rescue girls in the slums of dub buy and uganda where she lived in a hut without electricity to teach the children to read and write. debra provided her with her favorite saying, justice, justice, you shall pursue. a he brew phrase which was repair of the world or healing of the world. it is often associated with social justice and was both a bond and a bone of contention between us. which i will come back to in a moment....
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salvador lead the way toward a new understanding of catholic christianity's, liberated quarter. in the standing on the side and what they called the preferential option for the poor, for those who have been left out and the losers in life. which i still think is most important of all the theological and tendencies of the 20th-century whether catholic for non-catholics. now, just a word or two about pope benedict xvi. i think benedict really has the idea that he needs to circle the wagons and make the catholic church something which is defendable and clear, not suffering any kind of losses around the edges, but you have to remember that benedict came into his role as the pope with a very serious series of crises on his hands. when he looked around from his palace there on the tiber at the catholic church around the world, he looked at europe and virtually gave up on it and said europe is gone in secularization, not much that can be done. he looked back to south america where he saw a hemorrhaging of roman catholics into evangelical protestants and pentecostal churches and the one
salvador lead the way toward a new understanding of catholic christianity's, liberated quarter. in the standing on the side and what they called the preferential option for the poor, for those who have been left out and the losers in life. which i still think is most important of all the theological and tendencies of the 20th-century whether catholic for non-catholics. now, just a word or two about pope benedict xvi. i think benedict really has the idea that he needs to circle the wagons and...
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salvador showed him while he slept. [inaudible] revolutionaries who killed to punish disagreement are no less criminals and generals who killed to perpetrate injustice. [applause] off to the loony bin. [laughter] let me see. i forgot something here. [laughter] sorry. i'm absent-minded. and perhaps also a little mentally retarded. [laughter] >> okay, let's go. groupers and other fish, dolphins, swans, flamingos, albatrosses, penguins, buffaloes, ostrich, koala bears, orangutans and other monkeys, butterflies and other insects, and many more of our relatives in the animal kingdom have homosexual relations. female to female, male to male, for an encounter or for a lifetime. lucky for them they aren't people, humans. [laughter] or they should be sent to the loony bin. until this day, may 16 in the year 1990, 15 minutes ago in historical terms, homosexuality featured on the world health organizations least of mental illness. [speaking spanish] >> this is the kind of experts that are ruling the world. [speaking spanish] [appl
salvador showed him while he slept. [inaudible] revolutionaries who killed to punish disagreement are no less criminals and generals who killed to perpetrate injustice. [applause] off to the loony bin. [laughter] let me see. i forgot something here. [laughter] sorry. i'm absent-minded. and perhaps also a little mentally retarded. [laughter] >> okay, let's go. groupers and other fish, dolphins, swans, flamingos, albatrosses, penguins, buffaloes, ostrich, koala bears, orangutans and other...
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salvador. it was those kind of foreign policy issues. there was a speech given by a senator saying that by partisanship ends the water's edge but it was never really true so we have always had those divisions. what's different now is that we always had some people in the house and senate that would reach out and bring people together so they could say how can we move the country forward? you and i have strong disagreements that we have to make sure the water stays pure, we have to mature the bridges don't collapse and our troops get their supplies. that's missing now and it's because the primary system if you say look we disagree about a lot let's find the area where we can agree then we are both going to get attacked and our primary fox so that's the real problem that i see to it >> one last question. do you think obama has gone a long way in his budget proposal by curtailing some entitlements and so forth to get the conversation started again or is it dead in the water? >> i gave him props' t
salvador. it was those kind of foreign policy issues. there was a speech given by a senator saying that by partisanship ends the water's edge but it was never really true so we have always had those divisions. what's different now is that we always had some people in the house and senate that would reach out and bring people together so they could say how can we move the country forward? you and i have strong disagreements that we have to make sure the water stays pure, we have to mature the...
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i was in a refugee camp in the war in el salvador and they were decorating the cam for the day of the innocent, and i knew the story. i asked one of the refugees by with such an important holiday and they said because on this day jesus became a refugee. jesus had fled before herod came and killed the children. and isolate her the story from the position privilege in some fundamental level and i could recite it verbatim didn't understand it. and i'm wondering, you know, if you look at the antebellum south, you have two streams of the christian religion. you had the black church and you have the way slaveholding church which used the bible to defend slavery. and i think there is theologian james skull has made a strong argument that in many ways he actually calls the white church and not just the antebellum church. because of the antichrist they talks a lot about lynching as sort of our modern cross. i just wondered as we close at the address that issue of justice, the issue of oppression and to what extent finally religion, you know, religious theological systems may not have been writ
i was in a refugee camp in the war in el salvador and they were decorating the cam for the day of the innocent, and i knew the story. i asked one of the refugees by with such an important holiday and they said because on this day jesus became a refugee. jesus had fled before herod came and killed the children. and isolate her the story from the position privilege in some fundamental level and i could recite it verbatim didn't understand it. and i'm wondering, you know, if you look at the...
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how can you be objective about death squads in el salvador, massacres in iraq or serbian sniper fire that gunned down unarmed civilians including children in sarajevo? how can you be supporters of profit ears to hide the crimes they commit and the profits they make. that's from his most recent book, the world as it is. and now it's your turn, david in hope sound, florida, you're on with chris hedges, please go ahead. >> caller: thank you. and good afternoon to both of you. you know, you spoke of your admiration for dwight mcdonald. the only thing with which i agree with leon trotsky that everybody has the right to be stupid but comrade mcdonald abuses the privilege. well, i'm glad that you're on so that america can see who writes for the "new york times." but get to the question i was -- i called to ask, you said -- while you were making speeches for one of your books, that if we went to war with iraq, you would not pay your taxes. where did you get -- >> guest: it was iran, not iraq. i said if we went to iran with iran. i wrote an article for iran in the nation articles, i said i wo
how can you be objective about death squads in el salvador, massacres in iraq or serbian sniper fire that gunned down unarmed civilians including children in sarajevo? how can you be supporters of profit ears to hide the crimes they commit and the profits they make. that's from his most recent book, the world as it is. and now it's your turn, david in hope sound, florida, you're on with chris hedges, please go ahead. >> caller: thank you. and good afternoon to both of you. you know, you...
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you see them in central america where the murder rate in places like el salvador, nicaragua, and honduras rivals the death toll as many years during the civil war, but there is no cause. no clear site anywhere. there is just as military hardware and leftover military training and slightly traumatized by war and all this killing going on. so that is one legacy that is preset the crisis. the other legacy of neoliberal economic restructuring. but it's not? is essentially a program that removing the state from economic activity. it is important to remember that from the 1930s coming to leave from the end of world war ii until the 1970s, the prevailing ideas in development economics in the west or about how to develop capitalist economies in the global south held that there should be a robust and important role for the state. there should be planning. there should be public investment in the state was an important component of developing capitalism. the ideas that are implemented by the breton was institutions world bank and the imf shift radically in the late 70s and early 80s in the idea is
you see them in central america where the murder rate in places like el salvador, nicaragua, and honduras rivals the death toll as many years during the civil war, but there is no cause. no clear site anywhere. there is just as military hardware and leftover military training and slightly traumatized by war and all this killing going on. so that is one legacy that is preset the crisis. the other legacy of neoliberal economic restructuring. but it's not? is essentially a program that removing...
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if it could not prevail in keeping a weak democratic government in power in el salvador and on the other hand in isolating a expansionist marxist government in nicaragua, couldn't do that, our goose walk cooked. the argentines had been very supportive, and she saw this emerging conflict, which was gratuitously started by the argentines, and she got -- she never really in effect supported the argentines. overtly. but she allowed herself to be sort of symbolically used by them and this sort of thing. the irony of the whole back and forth between her and haig and the administration on this, is that haig really overreached in this argentine thing. he saw this as a moment to defeat jeanne once and for all because of her sympathy, as he saw it, for their argentines, and he basically tried to maneuver around her and tried to use her in a power struggle with reagan over who was going to control things. and ultimately he -- there was this moment where she was ordered to abstain in a vote for -- even though she didn't want to -- in a vote about in effect censuring argentina and had to change her v
if it could not prevail in keeping a weak democratic government in power in el salvador and on the other hand in isolating a expansionist marxist government in nicaragua, couldn't do that, our goose walk cooked. the argentines had been very supportive, and she saw this emerging conflict, which was gratuitously started by the argentines, and she got -- she never really in effect supported the argentines. overtly. but she allowed herself to be sort of symbolically used by them and this sort of...